This is a cue sheet for the Around Lake Mendota with a side trip Bicycle Map. You can print it out for later use.
| Cumulative | Distance | Where | Notes | Direction | Elevation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0km | 0km | Madison, WI | On the Capital City Trail. | WNW | 285° | 262m |
| 0.31km | 0.31km | Madison, WI | On the Capital City Trail. | NW | 309° | 263m |
| 2.35km | 2.04km | Madison, WI | Exit bike path. Note: Enter bike lane on Williamson St. for safest entry onto E. Wilson St into downtown. | WSW | 230° | 264m |
| 2.95km | 0.59km | Capital square streets are one way only | NNW | 320° | 284m | |
| 3.46km | 0.51km | Enter State Street, bikes and bus traffic only. | WNW | 271° | 283m | |
| 4.77km | 1.31km | You can enter the Lakeshore Path on the [Lake Mendota] Lakeshore Preserve if you continue up Park Street then turn left into the boat area. http://www.lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu/imap/LakeshoreNaturePreserve.html | WNW | 274° | 277m | |
| 4.87km | 0.11km | Hilly | NNW | 350° | 275m | |
| 5.61km | 0.73km | Pretty view! | WNW | 282° | 285m | |
| 8.29km | 2.69km | Entry should be here, to the Right. But I made a mistake... | WSW | 240° | 265m | |
| 8.57km | 0.27km | I somehow missed my turn onto Lake Mendota Drive, and went around and around a few times up on Eagle Heights Dr., onto Shorewood Blvd, on Edgehill Drive, and more! Actual ride was several miles longer... | SW | 212° | 268m | |
| 9.38km | 0.81km | Shorewood Hills | Very hilly neighborhood. Very nice. | SW | 223° | 288m |
| 10.14km | 0.76km | Nice vantage point for view of the lake. | NNW | 348° | 312m | |
| 13.66km | 3.52km | Turn onto a crumbling paved path. | NW | 308° | 275m | |
| 14.1km | 0.44km | Middleton | NW | 311° | 280m | |
| 14.33km | 0.22km | There is a path, but the road is in better condition. Busy. | NNE | 9° | 284m | |
| 16.62km | 2.3km | Middleton, WI | Enter Pheasant Branch Conservancy. A very nice diversion! http://www.pheasantbranch.org/ | WNW | 286° | 273m |
| 18.78km | 2.16km | Beautiful prairie and effigy mounds. | NE | 38° | 265m | |
| 20.12km | 1.34km | Clean restrooms here! | SW | 204° | 261m | |
| 21.38km | 1.25km | bridges over the creek and boardwalk through the floodplain | NNW | 351° | 269m | |
| 23.67km | 2.29km | Springfield,WI | Enjoy the farm scenery! Slightly hilly. | E | 88° | 282m |
| 24.5km | 0.83km | Westport | E | 89° | 279m | |
| 28.07km | 3.57km | Forward to Governer Nelson State Park. | NNW | 359° | 268m | |
| 32km | 3.93km | Westport | SSE | 141° | 262m | |
| 32.38km | 0.38km | Madison | marina, Nau-Ti-Gal restaurant; didn't go, but looked intriguing. http://www.nautigal.com/ | SSE | 139° | 263m |
| 36.43km | 4.05km | beach area | SSE | 141° | 0m | |
| 36.69km | 0.26km | Madison | SSE | 144° | 263m | |
| 37.3km | 0.61km | Maple Bluff | SW | 214° | 279m | |
| 38.79km | 1.49km | Rest area/beach area and playground with a moebius strip.Seriously. | S | 175° | 266m | |
| 40.17km | 1.38km | Maple Bluff | This is a very nice park! | ESE | 92° | 267m |
| 41.18km | 1.01km | Madison | Tenney Park. Stop and enjoy the view, the locks, swing, fish (but don't eat them), play tennis, boat. | SW | 217° | 265m |
| 41.31km | 0.13km | Turn left onto Yahara Parkway. | SE | 127° | 261m | |
| 41.75km | 0.44km | underpass | SE | 126° | 259m | |
| 42.09km | 0.33km | underpass | SE | 127° | 260m | |
| 42.22km | 0.14km | intersection | SE | 127° | 260m | |
| 42.44km | 0.22km | turn left (or right) onto Capital City Trail | ENE | 47° | 259m | |
| 42.81km | 0.37km | close enough. home again! | ENE | 51° | 264m | |